8oz. . . .

is the difference between Tessie’s weight at the doctor’s office today and her weight 11 days ago at the post office. 8oz. less, mind you. Gulp. Her grand total weight is 16lbs. 8 oz. But she got a clean bill of health. She was running around the doctor’s office, teasing him, dancing and putting on quite the (unsolicited) show. He said with all of that he couldn’t worry a bit about her weight. He couldn’t see putting her through all of those expensive tests when obviously she’s doing well. So that is a relief. We still are on the feed-her-as-much-as-you-can diet, but I’m good with that! (anything to avoid that 'failure to thrive' route)

She also has a little bump on her ring finger on her left hand. . . and that too wasn't anything to worry about. It is one of three kinds of benign cysts that will eventually go away(you just can't determine which kind by looking at it).

Edited to add: The weight discrepancy was not because Tess lost weight. . .had something to do with the post office scale not being able to accurately read a wiggly parcel, possibly some extra ounces of clothes and the unfortunate option of the post office scale weighing slightly heavier. Who knows.